'Quality of life' for patients with end-stage renal failure
| Autor: | P. J. Hatfield, Kathryn Peace, Elaine Fox, G. W. Mellsop, T. J. Neale, R. B. I. Morrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Resuscitation medicine.medical_treatment Health Status Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Quality of life Peritoneal Dialysis Continuous Ambulatory Renal Dialysis Adaptation Psychological Medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Dialysis Aged Analysis of Variance Chi-Square Distribution business.industry Public health Home hemodialysis Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis General Medicine Middle Aged Nephrology End stage renal failure Quality of Life Kidney Failure Chronic Female Hemodialysis business |
| Zdroj: | Renal failure. 13(1) |
| ISSN: | 0886-022X |
| Popis: | The assessment of health status and quality of life among chronically ill patients is an area of current scientific interest. This paper considers the utility of a short but comprehensive instrument to assess the quality of life for end-stage renal failure patients. The Spitzer QL-Index was completed by 8 nurses for all patients in the Wellington region currently being treated with home hemodialysis (n = 58); hospital hemodialysis (n = 13); and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (n = 37). Results indicated that home hemodialysis patients achieve the highest quality of life in comparison to the other two treatment modalities. It is concluded that the QL-Index has some discriminative validity for this patient population, and its use may contribute to informed decision making by both patients and doctors. |
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